It’s another week in the American Hockey League (AHL), and the Chicago Wolves have a few more games under their belts. After five games into the 2024-25 AHL season, the Wolves sit 1-3-1-0 and three points in the Central Division. They picked up a huge win the week before on Oct. 19 vs the Hershey Bears 3-2. Currently, they sit nine points behind division leaders the Milwaukee Admirals who they just played in a home-and-home back-to-back over this past Friday night (Oct. 25) in Milwaukee and Saturday (Oct. 26) at home at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL. Unfortunately, those two games did not go their way but they did manage to pick up a point in the process. Before we jump into the games, let’s jump into what else is going on around the Wolves.
Slavin. Captain, Josiah Slavin.
The Wolves during their back-to-back versus the Admirals unveiled that Josiah Slavin, brother to Carolina Hurricanes defenseman, Jaccob, was going to wear the “C” on his sweater. It is not known if it’s temporary, however, it is good to see the younger of the Slavin brothers within the organization be given this type of responsibility, especially with how young this Wolves roster is coming into the AHL season. Naming Slavin the captain can hopefully give this young team and voice to listen to along with following the example of someone who is no stranger to being around amazing leaders on and off the ice. Huge congratulations to Josiah for being rewarded the honor of being the Wolves’ captain.
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So far after five games, Slavin has no points. He has bounced around the lineup over the last couple of games seeing him go from the first to third and even the second line. Head coach Cam Abbott has been doing a ton of line shuffling early this season to see what spark he can come up with to get the line going as they want to start collecting the wins, even if it’s only five games into the season.
While there has been a plethora of line shuffling going on, the youngsters have been stepping up for the Wolves to start collecting points, and hopefully some confidence as the early season games roll on.
These Kids Are Alright
When they say youth runs wild, they did not expect this young Wolves team to already be coming out swinging. After five games, defenseman Scott Morrow is tied for the team lead in points (three) with…
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